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TWL/NWL (Scrabble US/CA/TH)
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  syllabic
      adj 1: of or relating to syllables; "syllabic accent"; "syllabic
             characters each represent a syllable"
      2: consisting of or using a syllabary; "eskimos of the eastern
         Arctic have a system of syllabic writing"
      3: (of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather
         than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities
         [ant: {accentual}, {quantitative}]
      4: consisting of a syllable or syllables [ant: {nonsyllabic},
         {unsyllabic}]
      5: (of speech sounds) forming the nucleus of a syllable; "the
         syllabic 'nl' in 'riddle'" [ant: {nonsyllabic}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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